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Verse Proverbs 21:7. _THE ROBBERY OF THE WICKED_] The wicked shall be
_terrified_ and _ruined_ by the means they use to aggrandize
themselves. And as they refuse to do judgment, they shall have
judgme...
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ROBBERY - Probably the “violence” which the wicked practice.
SHALL DESTROY THEM - More literally, carries them away....
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CHAPTER 21 PERSONAL INSTRUCTIONS AS TO LIFE AND CONDUCT
In the proverbs of this chapter the Lord is mentioned five times.
“The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of
water: He turne...
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PROVERBS 21:1. WATERCOURSES: not the natural brooks and wadys of
Palestine, but the artificial irrigation canals of Egypt or Babylonia,
which could be diverted in any direction at will.
Proverbs 21:4....
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ROBBERY. rapacity. Illustrations: the princes of Judah (Isaiah 1:23;
Isaiah 1:24); the Jews (Jeremiah 7:9; Jeremiah 7:15;...
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_robbery_ Rather, VIOLENCE.
_destroy them_ Rather, SWEEP THEM UP, or CATCH THEM, as fishes, for
example, in a net. Comp. Habakkuk 1:15, where the same Heb. word is
used....
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THE ROBBERY OF THE WICKED SHALL DESTROY THEM— _The ruin_ or
_desolation of the wicked shall affright them_ (they shall be
desolated, ruined, ravaged, and terrified); _because they would not
follow jus...
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CHAPTER 21
TEXT Proverbs 21:1-10
1.
The king's heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the water courses:
He turneth it whithersoever he will.
2.
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes;
But Jeho...
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The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to
do judgment.
THE ROBBERY OF (I:E., PERPETRATED BY) THE WICKED SHALL DESTROY THEM,
[OR ELSE SHALL MAKE THEM TO FEAR: FROM guwr (H...
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1. The 'watercourses' (RV) are the artificial irrigation channels of
Egypt and Babylon (Isaiah 58:11)....
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THE ROBBERY OF THE WICKED. — Or, _their violence._ See above on
Proverbs 1:19. (Comp. Psalms 9:15.)...
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שֹׁד ־רְשָׁעִ֥ים יְגֹורֵ֑ם כִּ֥י
מֵ֝אֲנ֗וּ לַ...
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CHAPTER 22
WINE
"He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and
oil shall not be rich."- Proverbs 21:17
THE Septuagint translation has an interesting addition to the proverb
in...
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Verse Proverbs 21:4. The "lamp" of a man's life is his spirit. Where
that is exalted and manifests itself in the high look and the proud
heart, there is sin. All of which is to say that for a man to f...
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The (d) robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse
to do judgment.
(d) He means this chiefly of judges and princes who leave that
calling, to which God has called them, and impover...
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Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth
the hearts. To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD
than sacrifice. An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowi...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31.
In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to
avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be
followe...
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THE ROBBERY OF THE WICKED SHALL DESTROY THEM,.... Or cut them, so Ben
Melech: dissect or "saw" s them; cut them to the heart; that is, when
the sins they have been guilty of, in robbing God of his due...
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The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to
do judgment.
Ver. 7. _The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them._] Heb., Shall
saw them: that is, shall bring upon them exquisi...
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_The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them_ The injury which they
do to others shall, either by God or men, be returned upon their own
heads; _because they refuse to do judgment_ They wilfully and...
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V. 7. THE ROBBERY OF THE WICKED, the violence which they try to exert
in working harm to others, SHALL DESTROY THEM, they are swept away as
the result of their own wickedness, BECAUSE THEY REFUSE TO D...
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DESTROY THEM:
_ Heb._ saw them, or, dwell with them...
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THE ROBBERY OF THE WICKED SHALL DESTROY THEM; the injury which they do
to others shall either by God or men be returned upon their own heads.
They refuse to do judgment; they wilfully and obstinately...
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Proverbs 21:7 violence H7701 wicked H7563 destroy H1641 (H8799) refuse
H3985 (H8765) do H6213 (H8800) justice...
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CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: Those who follow after righteousness, shall find
righteousness, honor and life.
KEY WORD: Counsel (Proverbs 20:5).
STRONG VERSES: P...
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Proverbs 21:1. _The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord; as the
rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will._ The allusion is
probably to the water-meads and the ditches in the corn field...
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_The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity._
DISHONESTY
I. The evil of dishonesty.
1. A breach of the law of God.
2. An invasion of the Divine right of property.
3. An encouragement...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 21:5. THOUGHTS, rather the _counsels_, the _calculatings_.
PROVERBS 21:6. VANITY TOSSED TO AND FRO. Rather _a fleeting breath_.
The Hebrew word _hebel_, here translated van...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 21:1
THE KING'S HEART IS IN THE HAND OF THE LORD, AS THE RIVERS OF WATER.
We are to think of the little channels used for irrigation. As these
are altogether under the gardener's...
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Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Proverbs 21:1-31.
Proverbs 21:1-31, Solomon declares:
The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water:
he turneth it whithersoever he will (Prov...
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Ephesians 5:6; Ezekiel 18:18; Ezekiel 22:13; Ezekiel 22:14; Isaiah 1